Hai-Wei received a B.S in Nutrition from Taipei Medical University, Taiwan, and an M.S in Environmental and Occupational Health from National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan. She is currently a Ph.D. student and works as a graduate student researcher under the mentorship of Dr.  Jennifer Adibi.

Her research interests targeted how environmental pollutants exposure (endocrine disruptors,specifically) alters pregnant women and infant health by incorporating epidemiology data and bench work results. Her recent work in the laboratory has developed an in vitro 3D placental organoid model to examine chemical exposures on placental function. Her career goal is to become an independent researcher that could apply innovative lab approaches to answer questions from epidemiology research. 

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• Hai-Wei Liang, Qing Yin, Carla Ng, Hannu Koistinen, Emily Barrett, Tom O’Connor, Richard Miller, Xiaoshuang Xun, Nora Moog, Claudia Buss, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Jennifer J. Adibi, “The association of maternal serum levels of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances and four forms of human chorionic gonadotropin in early pregnancy”. Accepted at International Conference on Fetal Programming and Developmental Toxicity (2022) 

• H. Liang, N. Snyder, X. Xun, M. Smith, R. Birru, K. Carroll, K. LeWinn, N. R. Bush, F. Tylavsky, J. J. Adibi, “Reversal of association between prenatal phthalate levels and birth size when measuring phthalates in placental tissue versus in maternal urine”. Accepted at the International Society for Environmental Epidemiological (ISEE) 2020 Virtual Conference 

• Hai-Wei Liang; Yu-Fang Huang; Pei-Wei Wang; Chun-Hao Lai; Meng-Han Lin; Li-Wei Huang; Winnie Yang; Mei-Lien Chen, “Association of birth outcomes with prenatal exposure to parabens”. Presented at Children’s Environmental Health Network-2017 Translational Research Conference: New Challenges (CEHN 2017), Arlington, VA, USA, 04, 201 

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• Birru, Rahel;Liang, Hai-Wei;Farooq, Fouzia;Bedi, Megha;Feghali, Maisa;Haggerty, Catherine;Mendez, Dara;Catov, Janet;Ng, Carla;Adibi, Jennifer. (2021). A pathway level analysis of PFAS exposure and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. Environmental Health. 20. 10.1186/s12940-021-00740-z. 

• Chia-Huang Chang; Pei-Wei Wang; Hai-Wei Liang; Yu-Fang Huang; Li-Wei Huang; Hsin-Chang Chen; Meng-Han Lin; Winnie Yang; I-Fang Mao, The sex-specific effects of maternal paraben exposure on size at birth, Int J Hyg Environ Health, 2019Jul;222(6):955-964.